048 SXUS73 KDMX 301838 RERDMX RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 136 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 ...RECORD MONTHLY RAINFALL SET AT WATERLOO... THERE HAS BEEN 10.32 INCHES OF RAINFALL SO FAR THIS MONTH IN WATERLOO. THIS SETS A RECORD FOR THE WETTEST AUGUST ON RECORD FOR WATERLOO. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 10.08 INCHES SET IN 1998. DES MOINES HAS RECEIVED 7.06 INCHES OF RAINFALL SO FAR IN AUGUST. THIS RANKS AS THE 12TH WETTEST AUGUST ON RECORD. $$ BF